Short Twenty Percent Poems
Short Twenty Percent Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Twenty Percent by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Twenty Percent by length and keyword.
Liquor
An empty bottle
leaves twenty percent guilt
and ten percent regret.
Paddi March
Philosophical...
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Categories:
twenty percent, addiction, drink,
Form:
Haiku
We Treat Impotence With a Science
We treat impotence with a science,
And, we are proud of the results!
Twenty percent of our clients,
Were jailed for sexual assaults!...
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Categories:
twenty percent, funny,
Form:
Quatrain
One Hundred Percent
coney island
bay parkway
prospect park
sheepshead bay
place eighty percent
of my ashes
where they were once
most happy
and twenty percent
mail to the IRS
return receipt
requested...
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Categories:
twenty percent, funny,
Form:
Blank verse
Stultiloquence of the Room
I knew the women had arrived by the stultiloquence of the room
Chatter went up another twenty percent when mom arrived on her broom
Annual witch’s gabfest convention was a hit in New England today
The frightened ancestors of Salem’s accusers knew when to stay away....
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Categories:
twenty percent, women,
Form:
Rhyme
Uncle Jimmys Profits
Uncle Jimmy was always bragging about his profits.
He constantly had things to sell.
I made two dollars, a ten percent profit.
I made five dollars, a twenty percent profit.
I made seventeen dollars, a fifty percent profit.
Actually everything he sells gives him a hundred percent profit.
He has never had a job.
His father has purchased anything he thinks he owns....
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Categories:
twenty percent, life,
Form:
Free verse
Lost In Dismay
Do you spend twenty percent of your time
acquiring your beliefs
And eighty percent of your time
in defense
Do you have blinders on
about what you conceive
In fear of the critics
pretense
Are your views narrow focused
and then watered down
As the truth disavowed
slips away
Is your memory tainted
in times left to waste
As your efforts
—retreat in dismay
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2019)...
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Categories:
twenty percent, lost,
Form:
Rhyme
Frangelico
There is a hazelnut-flavored liquor named "Frangelico"
It's named after a hermit monk who lived long ago.
This twenty percent alcohol spirit comes from Italy.
All over the world, it has gained popularity.
The liquor's brown bottle resembles a Franciscan friar.
Sip it straight up, or in any mixed drink you desire.
After you buy it for the first time in any liquor store,
chances are, when it's gone, you will buy some more.
...
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Categories:
twenty percent, drink,
Form:
Rhyme